Events from the year 1508 in art. December - Michelangelo begins painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the Holy See of Rome on a commission by Pope Julius...

Year 1508 (MDVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. January 24 – Maximilian, King of the Romans, requests permission to march...

Botticelli 1509 in art 1508 in art 1507 in art 1506 in art – Leonardo da Vinci completes the Mona Lisa (approximately) 1505 in art 1504 in art – Michelangelo...

events and publications of 1508. April 4 – John Lydgate's poem The Complaint of the Black Knight becomes the first book printed in Scotland, from the Chepman...

(2019, p. 153): c. 1495–1508 Marani (2003, p. 340): 1491/1494, finished by 1508 Syson (2011, p. 164): c. 1491/1492–1499 and 1506–1508 Zöllner (2019, p. 229):...

Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God gives life to Adam, the...

of Venice formed on 10 December 1508, by the main European powers, the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of France, in order to expand their hegemony over...

to Ferdinand of Aragon) (d. 1504) May 2 – René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) May 17 – Engelbert II of Nassau, Count of Nassau-Vianden and Lord of Breda...

dating to 1508 and now at the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna, Austria. It is signed on a cartouche which hangs from the artist's self-portrait in the center...

Matthias (26 August 2015). "A Neural Algorithm of Artistic Style". arXiv:1508.06576 [cs.CV]. "Depart.io - About". Archived from the original on 7 November...

cardinal (b. 1548) June 28 – Primož Trubar, Carniolan Protestant reformer (b. 1508) July 5 – Ludwig Lavater, Swiss Reformed theologian (b. 1527) July 12 – Edward...

1440s 1450s in art 1460s Art timeline The decade of the 1450s in art involved many significant events, especially in sculpture. 1452: Filippo Lippi and...

"Although in imminent danger of the roof falling in," it is noted later, "the House did not adjourn until a proper motion had been put and carried in the affirmative...

its second stage as the War of the Holy League, was fought from February 1508 to December 1516, as part of the wider Italian Wars of 1494–1559. The main...

The historical evolution of the nude in art runs parallel to the history of art in general, except for small particularities derived from the different...

projection is a type of projection proposed for the first time, in 1508, by Leonardo da Vinci in his Codex Atlanticus. Tyler demonstrated Leonardo's authorship...

Events from the year 1515 in art. Giovanni Antonio da Brescia's engraving of the Belvedere Torso attracts the interest of connoisseurs and artists outside...

remain in lesser known churches or in provincial museums. Born in Venice, he worked in Treviso (1503–1506); in the Marche (1506–1508); in Rome (1508–1510);...

– Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Italian condottiero and Duke of Urbino (d. 1508) February 15 – Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) March...

Anonymous, Golagros and Gawain, a Middle Scots romance written in the late 15th century in alliterative metre; based on two episodes from the First Continuation...

The Florentine Renaissance in art is the new approach to art and culture in Florence during the period from approximately the beginning of the 15th century...

style in Italy in about AD 1400, in parallel with developments which occurred in philosophy, literature, music, science, and technology. Renaissance art took...

as a fully trained "master" by 1500. He worked in or for several cities in north Italy until in 1508 he moved to Rome at the invitation of Pope Julius...

The year 1508 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here. approx. date – Leonardo da Vinci completes writing...

in the Louvre. During the same period, Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which took approximately four years to complete (1508–1512)...

Bohemian nobleman (d. 1492) July 27 Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1508) Lucrezia Crivelli, mistress of Ludovico Sforza (d. 1534) (approximate date)...

143⁄4 inches (37.5 cm) wide. February 14 – The League of Cambrai, formed in 1508 by the Papal States, the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire is...

Moravia (died 1375) 1443 – Giovanni II Bentivoglio, Italian noble (died 1508) 1480 – Frederick II of Legnica, Duke of Legnica (died 1547) 1540 – Wŏn Kyun...

Giorgione dated between 1506 and 1508. Originally commissioned by the Venetian noble Gabriele Vendramin, the painting is now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia...

(born 1439) 1508 – Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell, Lord High Admiral of Scotland 1511 – Philippe de Commines, French-speaking Fleming in the courts...